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Inlay Letters Quiz!You know what to do! :) Match the letter (taken from inlays) to the game. Some are pretty easy and, hopefully, some are a bit more tricky... …
... /> C -
D -
E -
F -
G - ... (MatGubbins)
N - Time Scanner (MatGubbins)
O - Xenon (MatGubbins ... )
P -
Q -
R - ... /> W - Bloodwych (MatGubbins)
X -
Y -
Z - -
Inlay Letters Quiz!You know what to do! :) Match the letter (taken from inlays) to the game. Some are pretty easy and, hopefully, some are a bit more tricky... …
... Blood Brothers (MatGubbins)
E - World Class Leader Board ... MatGubbins)
N - Time Scanner (MatGubbins)
O - Xenon ... (MatGubbins)
P -
Q -
R ... W - Bloodwych (MatGubbins)
X - Exterminator (ivanx)
Y ... -
40 Column Printing RoutineI've written a 40 column printing routine, which I'd like to share... It's my first piece of 'public' code so go easy on me! I don't think it is a…
... ;
; c - x pixel ;
; de ...
; E
defb ...
; N
defb ...
; O
defb ...
; R
defb ... -
40 Column Printing RoutineI've written a 40 column printing routine, which I'd like to share... It's my first piece of 'public' code so go easy on me! I don't think it is a…
... pop bc ; get original x position
sub ... - 192
ld e, a
ld ... defb 0x88
; N
defb 0x05
; O
defb 0x05
; R
defb 0x05
ZX Spectrum+ new membrane not working properlyHi! I recently got myself a ZX Spectrum+ . It had the classic broken membrane problem (most keys didn't work and those that did were wrong). So I or…
... :
Q W E R T Y U I O P A S ... J K L Z X C V B N M . ; " ,
I ...Proportional fontsI've been doing some proportional font drawing, purely on C level at the moment, but it's orders of magnitude slower than I'd want it to be. It's sti…
... db 7ch,54h,d4h ;E
db 7ch,50h ... 20h,10h,fch;-1 ;N
db 38h ... 44h,44h,b8h;-2 ;O
db 7ch ... 3ch,10h,a0h;-1 ;r
db 14h,34h ... 24h,18h,a4h;-1 ;x
db 38h,05h ...A few questions about sound and keys in BASICIf I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use BEEP right ? It seems to lock up the CPU for far too long . On Arjun's page I found how to use CALL 94…
... for referencing a particular bit 'n' in BASIC:
[code ... the shift key and E identifies the other key.< ... 00010101 D 16 22 00010110 X 17 23 00010111
... 4 0c 12 00001100 R 0d 13 00001101 F 0e ... /> 9 1b 27 00011011 O 1a 26 00011010 L 19 ...Recently broken links???We all know that most WoS archive files are inaccessible, except for tapes, snapshots and screenshots. However even those started disappearing rec…
... /pub/sinclair/games-inlays/r/Roadrunner.jpg
/ ... pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/e/EndZone.gif
/ ... pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/n/Nim.gif
/ ... pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/o/Othello.gif
/ ... pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/x/Xmasclip.gif
/ ...Graphics quiz: WindowsWith the control panel quiz finished, and Maroc's and Daren's quizzes close to being solved, I thought I'd have another go. These are all from in-gam…
... To Skool[/i] (Daren)
e) [i]Prohibition[/i] (Alessandro ... )
m) ???
n) ???
o) [i]Action Force II[/i ... /> p) ???
q) ???
r) ???
s) [i]Rampage[/i ... Survivor[/i] (Alessandro Grussu)
x) [i]North Star[/i] ( ...Graphics quiz: WindowsWith the control panel quiz finished, and Maroc's and Daren's quizzes close to being solved, I thought I'd have another go. These are all from in-gam…
... To Skool (Daren)
e) Prohibition (Alessandro Grussu)
n) The Munsters (MatGubbins)
o) Action Force ... Sidney Affair (MatGubbins)
r) Spiderman (JuanF. Ramirez)
x) North Star (MatGubbins)
How to join two RZX files togetherI wonder is there any utility which could join two RZX files together? If it is possible at all...
[b]Example:[/b]
[code]
Text A: T h e q u i c k b r o w n f o x
Text B: T h e s l i c k f r o w n b o x
Delta: 0,0,0,0,2,-9,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0
[/code]A Neat Redefine Keys RoutinePreviously, I’ve only shared this routine with a couple of people via PM, but I’ve now decided to make it public. I optimized it for size, so it uses…
... $4F, 9 ; 10 O
db $39, ... $45, 9 ; 21 E
db $44, ... $4E, 9 ; 24 N
db $4A, ... $52, 9 ; 29 R
db $46, ... ds 1
X ds 1
...Prportional Ascii text scrollerA couple of years ago I wrote a little scroller that nestles at the top of RAM (FFCA - 65482) and scrolls standard Ascii encoded text from anywhere y…
... 12h,8ch ;O
... 08h,96h ;X
... 0eh,8ah ;e
db ... 08h,86h ;n
... 0eh,88h ;r
db ...Need help with a sort of Turing Test programI've not had much luck trying to find Basic how to's about Arrays, Strings what modules can allow for a program that accepts input text and appears t…
... +LEN r$-1)r$ < ... m
e"
...
n your dreams?" ...
o?"
... x$(LEN x$)=" " THEN
LET x$=x$(TO LEN x ...Easiest way to figure instruction lengthGiven a start address, what is the easiest way to find out instruction length at that address in Z80? I found [url="http://www.z80.info/decoding.htm"…
... address
DEC E ; Decrement key loop ... DB &FE,"#","Z","X","C","V"
DB ... DB &FB,"Q","W","E","R","T"
DB & ... DB &DF,"P","O","I","U","Y"
... /> DB &7F," ","#","M","N","B"[/code]
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... G
; #FB - Q, W, E, R, & T
; #F7 - ... amp; 6
; #DF - P, O, I, U, & Y
N, & B
; ld a ... the address of table at x=0 + x-coord
; ... the address of table at x=0 + x-coord
; push ...How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... G
; #FB - Q, W, E, R, & T
; #F7 - ... amp; 6
; #DF - P, O, I, U, & Y
N, & B
; ld a ... the address of table at x=0 + x-coord
; ... the address of table at x=0 + x-coord
; push ...How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... coord
; c = pixel x-coord/8
;
... the address of table at x=0 + x-coord
; ... coord
; c = pixel x-coord/8
;
... the address of table at x=0 + x-coord
; push ... ld (hl), a
inc e ; e won't overflow here since ...How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... coord
; c = pixel x-coord/8
;
... the address of table at x=0 + x-coord
; ... coord
; c = pixel x-coord/8
;
... the address of table at x=0 + x-coord
; ... double stride
inc e ; e won't overflow here since ...How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... the address of table at x=0 + x-coord
; push ... double stride
inc e ; e won't overflow here since ... double stride
inc e ; e won't overflow here ... double stride
inc e ; e won't overflow here ... it - it's beer o'clock of course). The ...Robospec (new project, hopefully useful as a tutorial as well)Starting a new project after my graphics investigations. * It's gonna be a Robotron clone since that's not too ambitious (although I'd like to hav…
...
; #FB - Q, W, E, R, & T
; #F7 - ... 6
; #DF - P, O, I, U, & Y
rand8_LCG:
;f(n+1)=13f(n)+83
;97 cycles ...
; c = pixel x-coord/8
;
... ; D = line startpos X
; E = line length (may be ...How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... coord
; c = pixel x-coord/8
;
... the address of table at x=0 + x-coord
; ... coord
; c = pixel x-coord/8
;
... the address of table at x=0 + x-coord
; ... double stride
inc e ; e won't overflow here since ...Robospec (new project, hopefully useful as a tutorial as well)Starting a new project after my graphics investigations. * It's gonna be a Robotron clone since that's not too ambitious (although I'd like to hav…
main, mainloop, read keyboard and update player
[code]
ORG 32768
main:
IF NOPS_AT_START
nop
nop
nop
nop
ENDIF
IF RETURN_TO_BASIC
ld (stashed_iy), iy
...Robospec (new project, hopefully useful as a tutorial as well)Starting a new project after my graphics investigations. * It's gonna be a Robotron clone since that's not too ambitious (although I'd like to hav…
... it (was looking for pressing O instead of I)
...
; #FE - SHIFT, Z, X, C, & V
; # ... G
; #FB - Q, W, E, R, & T
; #F7 - ... ; 6
; #DF - P, O, I, U, & Y
N, & B
; ld a ...Console frameworkStill working on Specotron, but at the point where working out the diagonal lines collision is not good at beer o'clock. In the meantime I've knoc…
...
ld a, e
add e
ld l, ... FONTBASE/256
ld e, h ; zero E
ld l, ...
ld a, e
add e
ld l, ... bits in E
ld b, e ; stash E first in ... .toomanylines
dec e
and e
ld e, a
jr ...Console frameworkStill working on Specotron, but at the point where working out the diagonal lines collision is not good at beer o'clock. In the meantime I've knoc…
...
ld a, e
add e
ld l, ... FONTBASE/256
ld e, h ; zero E
ld l, ...
ld a, e
add e
ld l, ... bits in E
ld b, e ; stash E first in ... .toomanylines
dec e
and e
ld e, a
jr ...
